From: Nicholas Paul Johnson <nickjohnson@...>
Date: 2004-04-03T08:37:54+09:00
Subject: Learning Ruby, was a C geek...

Hello all,

As I'm learning Ruby, I've decided to write a few programs in Ruby to get
a feel for the language.

I've been a C programmer for a long time.  As such, I worry that I'm
thinking too much like a C programmer, and not like a Ruby programmer...

My first attempt has been an emulator for a cs-toy processor called IBCM 
(itty-bitty computing machine).  Its spec (only 5 pages) is available at: 
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~cs216/notes/ibcm-poo.pdf

I've written it, and it works correctly when compared to my program 
written in C, but at its core is a large case-when-end statement.  
This is not `sexy.'  I was wondering if there was a better way to do 
this in Ruby, or if I'm just missing the point.

My code is at: http://manjac.ath.cx/nick/ruby-ibcm.rb

Thanks all,
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Nicholas Paul Johnson
nickjohnsonSPAM^H^H^H^H@virginia.edu
http://manjac.ath.cx/nick
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